No millennium should be allowed to pass without a change or two. From this issue, ADC has a new cover, the table of contents moves inside, and key papers are summarised on the opening page. Published papers will generally be divided into four main sections: community child health, public health, and epidemiology; general and specialist paediatrics; laboratory research; and methodology. We have appointed US and European based associate editors to strengthen our international links, now that nearly half our circulation is abroad.

 eADC (www.archdischild.com) now receives more “hits” each month than paper copy sales, and from January 2000, letters to the editor will become “Rapid responses” on the web site. Responses will be screened for obscenity, libel, and irrelevance (infrequently encountered with our respectable correspondents) but no corrections will be made to spelling, grammar or dubious statistics—so be warned; we will then select and edit …